A Glimpse Of The Mekong: Ben Tre - Can Tho

A Glimpse Of The Mekong: Ben Tre - Can Tho

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ITINERARY OF A GLIMPSE OF THE MEKONG: BEN TRE-CAN THO

DAY 1 Drive to Ben Tre, See local activities, Take local boat to Tam Hiep Island, Bike on villages, Have lunch at local home, Visit Long Thanh Communial House, Drive to Can Tho

- Drive from HCM - Ben Tre ( 2 hours)

- Take local boat ( around 1-1.5 hours)

- Biking on villages (around 30 minutes)

- Drive from Ben Tre - Can Tho ( 3 hours)

 In the morning, our guide and driver will pick up you by private car and transfer to Ben Tre.

After 2 hours driving from HCM city, you will arrive AN HÓA bridge, Ben Tre province. Walk to the workshop to see how the local people peeling-spliting-paring coconut by traditional ways. Then take the boat to visit a local factory to see many kilns to make activated charcoal from coconut hard-shell.

Crossing Mekong river, called Cửa Đại & Cửa Tiểu, 30km far from the Eastern Sea, we arrive Tam Hiêp Island. Next, the rowing boat will take you deeper into the countryside on smaller canals to enjoy the peaceful time. Come to the local family to enjoy some kinds of fruits, honey-tea. Walking / Biking on small village paths through huge orchards to arrive special farm where they are planting the creepers (called LÁ SÂM). We pick up some leaves for making & tasting this special herbal jelly.

Biking/walking to h****ave the best lunch at Ut Trinh’s home. After lunch, we back to our boat to come to visit Long Thạnh Communial House. This the national architectural heritage before coming back our car.

Drive to Can Tho. Have dinner at local restaurant

Overnight at the hotel in Can Tho.

DAY 2 Take boat to visit Cai Rang floating market, Stop at Vinh Trang Pagoda, Drive back to HCM

- Explore Cai Rang Floating Market (1.5 - 02 hours)

- Transfer from Can Tho to Ho Chi Minh City Airport (04 hours)

About 05.30 AM: In the very early morning, our guide will accompany you to depart for Cai Rang floating market where locals go to buy and sell a variety of fruits vegetables from boats of all sizes and which is the most original ones and bustling places of the region. If you have experienced many exciting days when traveling to Vietnam, surely you will get out of bed early one day to witness this lovely local market to fulfill your Vietnam Holiday. 

The boat trip will give you valuable chance to observe the unique "advertisement" of local business - "Cây Bẹo": Sellers tie their goods to a tall pole so that buyers can see from a distance what they are selling. The seat on the local trading boat, witness boasting activities in the market, find out local life in stilt house along the river.

After the trip, we will get back to the hotel for breakfast and relax. Then do the check-out and come back to Ho Chi Minh city by car. On your way, visit Vinh Trang Pagoda in My Tho. 

With the sincere thanks for your travel to Vietnam and with us, hope that you have enjoyed your Vietnam trip and look forward to seeing you again!

 

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